Gerald R. Ford International in January 2025

82.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,334 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,569 departures with 70.0% leaving on time: a change of +12.1 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 79.2% of the time (1,333 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GRR in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	82.1%	70.0%	78.2%	79.3%
Arrived on time	72.7%	62.4%	74.7%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.6%	6.3%	1.9%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	29.3 min	19.5 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	45	52	53	17,992
Scheduled departures	1,334	1,569	19,275	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	229	17%	79.9%	2.0 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	213	16%	60.1%	28.5 min	2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	209	16%	72.2%	8.8 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	187	14%	80.7%	2.6 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	158	12%	75.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	92	7%	79.3%	7.6 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	76	6%	67.1%	9.2 min	1.3%
UA United Airlines	68	5%	67.6%	8.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	65	5%	72.3%	20.5 min	1.5%
OH PSA Airlines	37	3%	56.8%	19.7 min	18.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	245	72.7%	8.0 min	0.8%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	112	75.0%	9.2 min	2.7%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	96	68.8%	6.8 min	0.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	88	79.5%	0.4 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	82	76.8%	4.3 min	2.4%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	75	42.7%	29.8 min	6.7%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	63	74.6%	9.7 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	62	83.9%	-2.1 min	1.6%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	60	80.0%	1.8 min	1.7%
GRR–LAS	Grand Rapids to Las Vegas	44	81.8%	-16.0 min	0.0%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	44	90.9%	-10.8 min	0.0%
GRR–PGD	Grand Rapids to Punta Gorda	39	74.4%	5.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.4%	36.2%	9,015
Late-arriving aircraft	28.3%	34.7%	7,204
National Aviation System	30.5%	19.9%	7,781
Extreme weather	5.8%	9.1%	1,485
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

25,485 delay minutes on 342 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left GRR on time in January 2025?

82.1% of 1,334 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 70.0% of 1,569 departures left on time and 6.3% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 1.6% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for GRR · methodology · corrections.